Dr. Sanders is a researcher on this project to create safety performance functions for vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists and develop a systemic safety plan for Montgomery County, Maryland. She led the bicycle crash analysis to identify high-priority bicycle crash types, will support the pedestrian and bicycle volume estimation, and will estimate the bicycle safety performance functions. She will also contribute to the final countermeasure recommendations and report.

Partner: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Dr. Sanders was the Principal Investigator on this research project to examine factors related to pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries in darkness as compared to daylight. The findings indicate that pedestrian fatalities on roadways with speed limits of 30 mph or more are significantly more likely in darkness than in daylight, underscoring a key disconnect between roadway design for vehicle throughput and design for pedestrian safety. She led the analysis of California DOT (SWITRS) crash data, co-led the analysis of Fatality Reporting System (FARS) data, and wrote the forthcoming journal article discussing the results.

Partners: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Frank Proulx Consulting LLC